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Personal info

Full name
RAMIREZ, Augustine B
Date of birth
28 August 1925
Age
19
Place of birth
Tornillo, El Paso County, Texas
Hometown
Fairacres, Doña Ana County, New Mexico

Military service

Service number
38579915
Rank
Private
Function
unknown
Unit
I Company,
3rd Battalion,
22nd Infantry Regiment,
4th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
4 December 1944
Place of death
Gey, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Henri-Chapelle
Plot Row Grave
A 14 22

Immediate family

Members
Salvador Ramirez (father)
Quadalupe B. (Olivas) Ramirez (mother)

More information

Pvt Augustine B. Ramirez was a farmer.

He enlisted in Fort Bliss, Texas on 26 January 1944.
He arrived in France on 1 November 1944.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Danny van der Groen, Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / New Mexico World War II Records, www.newspapers.com – Las Cruces Sun-News

Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Des Philippet, www.ancestry.com - New Mexico State Archives